. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. o JO I o 2 > r>w wO r. I THE JESUIT MISSIONS AND PIONEER CIIRTSTIANITY 79 disputes also came as the Inevitable result of his dominant and domin-ating will. Like his humbler predecessors in the Society of Jesus,neither distance, danger nor privation had any terrors for him. Fromtlie missions of Acadie to the far valley of Lake Champlain and the


. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. o JO I o 2 > r>w wO r. I THE JESUIT MISSIONS AND PIONEER CIIRTSTIANITY 79 disputes also came as the Inevitable result of his dominant and domin-ating will. Like his humbler predecessors in the Society of Jesus,neither distance, danger nor privation had any terrors for him. Fromtlie missions of Acadie to the far valley of Lake Champlain and thewild regions of the Upper Lakes, he travelled and organized and^inspired his priests and adherents with new energy and Quebec he founded the Grand Seminary in 1663 and the MinorSeminary five years later, and from those institutions there soonflowed a fresh stream of devoted priests. By this time a number ofstrong and growing religious institutions were strengthening the cordsof the Church in Montreal and Quebec. They included the Sul-picians at the former place, the Jesuits and Recollets at the latter ;the Ursuline Convent in Quebec, v/hich had braved so many pioneerperils under charge of the venerated Mdlle de la Peltric and Mariede r Incarnation ; the C


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